England suspends Oli Robinson’s "disciplinary" investigation into international cricket

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Monday, 7th June 2021

Ollie Robinson will miss the second test against New Zealand in Edgbaston next week after being suspended from international cricket pending an investigation into racist and sexist Twitter messages, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Sunday (ECB). Field England debuted the first Lord's drawn test, which was completed on Sunday, but his racket and ball endeavours were overshadowed by the resurgence of racist and sexist news on social media the 27-year-old posted as a teenager in 2012 and 2013 would have.

"England and Sussex bowler Ollie Robinson has been suspended from all international cricket matches pending a disciplinary investigation based on historical tweets posted in 2012 and 2013," said an ECB statement.

"He will not be eligible for LV = Insurance Second Test against New Zealand starting Thursday June 10th in Edgbaston." Robinson will immediately leave England's camp and return to his county. "England's attacking leader, 4 -75 in the first inning at Lord's and followed by 3-26 in the second while hitting 42 servings with the bat.

But he apologized for tweets after Stump on Wednesday, his first day in the cricket test, which included comments suggesting Muslims being linked to terrorism and derogatory comments about women and people of Asian descent, their messages resurfaced after both teams lined up for a drafted "Moment of Unity" ahead of Wednesday's game to display opposition advertisements In a statement released after Wednesday's game, Robinson said he was "embarrassed" and "embarrassed" by the posts.

I am racist and I am not sexist, "he added. England Captain Joe Root, who spoke after the stumps on Sunday but before Robinson's suspension was announced, said of the tweets: “I was able to tell you press do not really believe. He added, however, that Robinson "had shown a lot of remorse was" very real. "

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